Post Entry Amendments

Question:   Is there a Soft Copy Template (preferably in WORD) Available for the Voluntary Tender Form?  

We are currently reviewing our receipted quantity process – (compared to the entered quantity–quota is not an issue).    We’ve done a quarterly report and if netting were allowed, we’ve actually overpaid CBP by about $1000. in duties.    Does anyone have a CBP approved process where netting is allowed for quantity discrepancies?     […]

Question: I just had Customs reject a PEA because I didn’t get additionaldocuments they requested back to them in time. I don’t really care aboutsmall amount of the refund, I am mostly concerned about reporting thecorrect value for Customs. In this case, we realized an assist was overdeclared and the PEA was to declare the […]

Question: We are a U. S. based company, importing into Canada under our NRI #.At the time of shipment into Canada we do not always know if the itemsare NAFTA qualified, or have in hand all component certificates for RVC.I understand that we can adjust an individual entry up to 12 months fromdate of entry, […]

Question:Dear Membership; I just discovered that an item in some of my entries was not declared for a few entries. Because the entries are not liquidated can I do a PEA or do I need to file a prior disclosure.

Question: We recently acquired a US based company.  Example:The name was changed effective Nov. 1, 2009.  The importer / tax IDnumber stayed the same.  On the import side – 3 shipments were cleared under the old entity nameafter the Nov. 1 date.  On the export side – 2 shipments were reported via AES under the […]

Question: When an importer changes its opinion regarding the proper classification ofan imported item, is it CBP’s expectation that the importer will file PEAsto change the classification of that item on all past unliquidated entries?

Question: Our broker inadvertently stated an incorrect MID code for one our of recentfootwear (ch. 64) entries.  The incorrect MID code has the same C/O (CN) asthe correct vendor’s MID.  I’ve reviewed the FR on individual/quarterly PEAguidelines on what constitutes a non-revenue related error that meet Censuslevels, but am not finding any mention of MID […]

Question: If an issue is discovered after liquidation of an entry that would result inmore than $20.00 additional duties/fees owed to Customs, will Customs stillaccept an individual PEA?  This is not really a protestable issue since we arenot disagreeing with a Customs decision or ruling, nor are we seeking arefund.  This is also not something […]

Question: If a classification ruling is revoked today, could we file PEAs or protest entries previously filed using the HTS of the revoked ruling?  These rulings were not issued to our company, we just based our classification on the information found in CROSS. Thank you.  

Is there anyone who would be willing to share their instructions for filing PEAs for a non-broker?

The majority of our imports are entered through one main port. This port has been enforcing the requirement for manufacturer affidavits (MA) for all 9801 claims. We are not the manufacturer. Therefore, our company is paying duty at time of entry where applicable. We then submit refund requests for 9801 claims once we receive the […]